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Jun 10, 2014 · Rock. Label: Caroline. Reviewed: June 10, 2014. Chrissie Hynde has been making records for over three decades now, but until now she’s never released a proper “solo” record. Stockholm was ...
Jun 10, 2014 · In the reverb-slashed "A Plan Too Far," she busts one tedious guy down to a hilariously blunt double-entendre: "You're as consistent as a weathervane cock." Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders....
- Nick Catucci
Jun 5, 2014 · Chrissie Hynde delivers her first solo record, and in parts it casts some of the same magic she used to with the Pretenders, writes Dave Simpson
Jun 22, 2014 · Stockholm. album review. 8/10. Coming out from the behind the Pretenders monicker Chrissie Hynde releases her first ever solo album. It’s hard to gauge how much more freedom she can allow herself outside the band format at the Pretenders have long since been Chrissie and the boys for years but there is something about her being on her own ...
- Johnrobb
Jun 18, 2014 · Hynde perhaps had that single in mind when she declared her intention “to make a power pop album you could dance to – ABBA meets John Lennon”. On Stockholm she does indeed combine the pop quotient of the former with the acerbic touch of the latter. Even at 62 she is the epitome of gum-chewing, finger-snapping cool.
- Paul Lester
Jun 7, 2014 · From testing headphones to reviewing albums, our experts aim to create reviews you can trust. Find out more about how we review. With a new band in tow, Stockholm (out on Monday) is Chrissie Hynde's first full release since The Pretenders' Break Up the Concrete in 2008, and the singer's debut solo album.
Jun 17, 2014 · At its best, Stockholm is a solid and grounded album that speaks to Hynde’s strengths; at its worst, to crib a song title from the last group photo session, it’s a tad “Middle of the Road”. Essential Tracks: “You or No One”, “Dark Sunglasses”
